com.itextpdf.text.pdf

Class DefaultSplitCharacter

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.text.pdf.DefaultSplitCharacter

All Implemented Interfaces:

SplitCharacter

public class DefaultSplitCharacter
extends Object
implements SplitCharacter

The default class that is used to determine whether or not a character is a split character.

You can add an array of characters or a single character on which iText should split the chunk. If custom characters have been set, iText will ignore the default characters this class uses to split chunks.

Since:

2.1.2

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected char[]	characters
static SplitCharacter	DEFAULT An instance of the default SplitCharacter.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DefaultSplitCharacter() Default constructor, has no custom characters to check.
DefaultSplitCharacter(char character) Constructor with one splittable character.
DefaultSplitCharacter(char[] characters) Constructor with an array of splittable characters

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected char	getCurrentCharacter(int current, char[] cc, PdfChunk[] ck) Returns the current character
boolean	isSplitCharacter(int start, int current, int end, char[] cc, PdfChunk[] ck) Checks if a character can be used to split a PdfString.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DEFAULT

public static final SplitCharacter DEFAULT

An instance of the default SplitCharacter.

characters

protected char[] characters

Constructor Detail

DefaultSplitCharacter

public DefaultSplitCharacter()

Default constructor, has no custom characters to check.

DefaultSplitCharacter

public DefaultSplitCharacter(char character)

Constructor with one splittable character.

Parameters:

character - char

DefaultSplitCharacter

public DefaultSplitCharacter(char[] characters)

Constructor with an array of splittable characters

Parameters:

characters - char[]

Method Detail

isSplitCharacter

public boolean isSplitCharacter(int start,
                                int current,
                                int end,
                                char[] cc,
                                PdfChunk[] ck)

Checks if a character can be used to split a PdfString.

The default behavior is that every character less than or equal to SPACE, the character '-' and some specific unicode ranges are 'splitCharacters'.

If custom splittable characters are set using the specified constructors, then this class will ignore the default characters described in the previous paragraph.

Specified by:

isSplitCharacter in interface SplitCharacter

Parameters:

start - start position in the array

current - current position in the array

end - end position in the array

ck - chunk array

cc - the character array that has to be checked

Returns:

true if the character can be used to split a string, false otherwise

getCurrentCharacter

protected char getCurrentCharacter(int current,
                                   char[] cc,
                                   PdfChunk[] ck)

Returns the current character

Parameters:

current - current position in the array

ck - chunk array

cc - the character array that has to be checked

Returns:

the current character